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AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration, DOT.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects to be funded under the Over-the-road Bus (OTRB) Accessibility Program, authorized by Section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). The OTRB Accessibility Program makes funds available to private operators of over-the-road buses to help finance the incremental capital and training costs of complying with DOT's over-the-road bus accessibility rule, published in a Federal Register Notice on September 24, 1998.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

The appropriate FTA Regional Administrator for grant-specific issues; or Sue Masselink, Office of Program Management, 202-366-2053 for general information about the OTRB Accessibility Program.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Projects Selected for Fiscal Year 2000 Funding

In fiscal year 2000, a total of $7.6 million was requested by 57 applicants: $5.9 million was requested for intercity fixed-route providers, and $1.7 million was requested for other providers such as charter, tour, and commuter service providers. A total of $3.7 million was available for providers of over-the-road services: $2 million at 90 percent Federal share for providers of intercity fixed-route services and $1.7 million at 50 percent Federal share for providers of other types of services, such as charter, tour, and commuter. See section 3038 of TEA-21, Pub. L. 105-178 and section 342 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act 2000, Pub. L. 106-69. Project selections were made on a discretionary basis, based on each applicant's responsiveness to statutory project selection criteria, fleet size, and level of funding received last year. Because of the high demand for the funds available to providers of intercity fixed-route service, most applicants received less funding than they requested, although with the exception of some of the applicants that received funding last year, all qualified applicants received some funding. Each of the following 47 awardees, as well as the 10 applicants who were not selected for funding, will receive a letter which explains how funding decisions were made.

Operator

Award amounts

Intercity fixed-route

Other

Total

REGION I

The Arrow Line, Inc, East Hartford, CT

$123,400

$0

$123,400

Bonanza Bus Lines, Providence, RI

68,900

0

68,900

Concord Trailways, Concord, NH

31,300

0

31,300

Peter Pan Bus Lines, Springfield, MA

129,700

0

129,700

Edwin J. Pina, Sr. and Sons, Inc., Marstons Mill, PA

0

14,250

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REGION II

Travelways, Inc., Howell, NJ

71,600

132,500

204,100

Birnie Bus Service, Rome, NY

30,200

0

30,200

Shortline Hudson, Mahwah, NJ

6,100

0

6,100

Lakeland Bus Lines, Dover, NJ

0

108,000

108,000

REGION III

Fullington Auto Bus Co., Clearfield, PA

30,910

0

30,910

Trans-Bridge Lines, Bethlehem, PA

31,720

70,412

102,132

Motor Transportation Company, Inc., Hazelton, PA

0

37,500

37,500

Krapf's Coaches, Westchester, PA

0

26,230

26,230

Keller Bus Service, Waldorf, MD

0

42,500

42,500

Butler Motor Company, Pittsburg, PA

0

36,000

36,000

Susquehanna Transit Company, Avis, PA

30,960

15,250

46,210

Werner Coach, Phoenixville, PA

32,800

18,210

51,010

Wisconsin Coach, Pittsburgh, PA

0

42,500

42,500

REGION IV

P&S Transportation/Coach USA, Orlando, FL

0

59,957

59,957

Capital Motors/Colonial Trailways, Montgomery, AL

23,800

12,500

36,300

Colonial Trailways, Inc., Mobile, Alabama

23,400

12,500

35,900

Good Times Tours, Pensacola, FL

0

15,140

15,140

A.A. Crow Corp./Ingram Bus Lines, Tallassee, AL

0

15,000

15,000

Busco, Inc., Birmingham, AL

0

15,000

15,000

REGION V

Eclipse Charter and Tours, Gary, IN

0

21,500

21,500

Peoria Charter Coach Co., Peoria, IL

3,000

0

3,000

Mid-America, Elk Grove Village, IL

0

79,280

79,280

Bosch Bus Co., Ft. Wayne, IN

0

25,872

25,872

Lakefront Lines, Brook Park, OH

31,460

0

31,460

Lamers Bus Company, Green Bay, WI

24,265

16,250

40,515

VanGalder Bus Company, Janesville, WI

0

107,500

107,500

REGION VI

Americanos USA, El Paso, TX

94,600

0

94,600

Autobus Amigos, LLC, Brownsville, TX

31,500

0

31,500

Greyhound Lines, Inc., Dallas, TX

1,000,000

0

1,000,000

REGION VII

Northwest Iowa Transportation, Inc., Ft. Dodge, IA

0

10,000

10,000

REGION VIII

Powder River Transportation Svcs., Inc., Gillette, WY

19,965

9,983

29,948

Rimrock Stages, Billings, MT

29,200

12,500

41,700

REGION IX

Pacific Coachways Charter Svcs., Inc., Garden Grove, CA

0

29,750

29,750

Golden State Coaches/Frontier Tours, Carson City, NV

0

361,122

361,122

Arrow Stage Lines, Phoenix, AZ

0

105,000

105,000

Gonzales Inc., Los Angeles, CA

126,100

0

126,100

Navi-Hopi Tours, Flagstaff, AZ

0

30,450

30,450

VIA Adventures, Tempe, AZ

15,120

11,750

26,870

REGION X

Wheatland Express, Pullman, WA

0

12,735

12,735

Northwestern Stage, Spokane, WA

0

14,975

14,975

Commuter Bus, Caldwell, ID

0

12,435

12,435

TOTAL

*$2,010,000

$1,607,176

$3,617,176

* $10,000 was carried over from unobligated 1999 funds.

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Eligible project costs may be incurred by awardees prior to final grant approval. The incremental capital cost for adding wheelchair lift equipment to any new vehicles delivered on or after June 9, 1998, the effective date of TEA-21, is eligible for funding under the OTRB Accessibility Program.

Applicants selected for funding may be contacted by FTA regional offices if any additional information is needed before grants are made. The grant applications will be sent to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for certification under the labor protection requirements pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5333(b). After referring applications to affected employees represented by a labor organization, DOL will issue a certification to FTA. The terms and conditions of the certification will be incorporated in the FTA grant agreement under the new guidelines replacing those in 29 CFR part 215. Please see Amendment to Section 5333(b), Guidelines to Carry Out New Programs Authorized by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21); Final Rule (64 FR 40990, July 28, 1999).